8 minutes ago, ChatNoir said:

This one must use a port multiplier and that's not recommended.

The 3rd image shows 1166 and 575, I would guess that it means ASM1166 controller + JMB575 port multiplier.

 

If you need more than 6 ports, two controllers should provide more performance.

thanks, will have a think and decide which way to go with this, stick to H310 or mocw to sata pci.

8 hours ago, bigup said:

 

or would 2x 6 port cards be better option?

The 6 port card you listed is 4x interface but is only 2x is supported.  There is a great post on testing of sata cards some have the wattage listed.  A similar card to the 6 port is tested in the post with wattage listed.

New to unraid here.

I guess this card should work nicely with Unraid, right?
 

https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005005481527291.html

I'm asking because it seems to be too cheap and I'm not very confident on my purchase haha

12 hours ago, s1l3nce said:

guess this card should work nicely with Unraid, right?

Should be, assuming it's genuine. 

I registered to provide a link with the new firmware of asm1166.

It is uploaded from a winraid user (Leland).

It is the firmware 221118-0000-00 that support hot-plug.

-https://winraid.level1techs.com/t/latest-firmware-update-for-asm1064-and-asm1166-fix-compatibility-issues-with-intel/98543

On 2/5/2024 at 3:39 AM, JorgeB said:

Should be, assuming it's genuine. 

Sorry for the noob question - do these cards work natively or need to be flashed, like the PERC h310? 

 

Also, what card is recommended for a backplane that has SFF-8643 connector? 24 - bay.

 

 

5 hours ago, levster said:

do these cards work natively or need to be flashed, like the PERC h310?

The listing mentions IT mode, if correct, they don't need to be flashed.

On 2/5/2024 at 6:45 PM, boombastik said:

I registered to provide a link with the new firmware of asm1166.

It is uploaded from a winraid user (Leland).

It is the firmware 221118-0000-00 that support hot-plug.

-https://winraid.level1techs.com/t/latest-firmware-update-for-asm1064-and-asm1166-fix-compatibility-issues-with-intel/98543

I have just got an ASM1166 6 port card from Amazon and it has 211108-003E-00 firmware, does this fw still work or do I need to flash it to 221118-0000-00?

Ordered 2x https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B097MQ6K31?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details for my unraid server to replace a Perc H310 connected to 8 drives.]

 

cards were flashed using fw: 221118-0000-00 from https://winraid.level1techs.com/t/latest-firmware-update-for-asm1064-and-asm1166-fix-compatibility-issues-with-intel/98543, very easy in a windows machine.

 

Working fine, swapped over and unraid just worked.

 

2 of these cards are about the same power as 1x PERC H310, plus now I have 4 extra sata ports for more drives.

 

power top autotune working fine.

 

just running a disk clear on a 12tb I just added to the array, getting 265.0 MB/sec.

 

A good result.

Edited February 9, 20242 yr by bigup

Just a note to people looking to upgrade I found that my old SATA JMB585 card (recommended here) that worked on my old UnRAID system doesn't play well with a new motherboard.

 

Old card - "IO CREST Internal 5 Port Non-Raid SATA III 6GB/S Pci-E X4 Controller Card for Desktop PC Support SSD and HDD with Low Profile Bracket. JMB585 Chipset SI-PEX40139" - https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07ST9CPND?th=1

 

Old UnRAID System - ASRock B75 Pro3-M motherboard, Intel® Core™ i5-3330 CPU

 

New UnRAID system - Gigabyte Z790 Gaming X AX motherboard, Intel Core i7 14700K 20 Core LGA 1700 CPU

 

With the JMB585 card plugged in the system just won't boot even to BIOS at all. I've got the latest BIOS for the motherboard and tried a number of different settings on the limited options in the BIOS. I was hoping to find some sort of legacy PCI config but there didn't seem to be one.

 

Nothing on the monitor at all. I can see on the motherboard it flashes the CPU LED, Then moves to the DRAM LED and stays there forever. Power off and take the card out and the system boots just fine.

 

I've since ordered a LSI 9207-8i which I'm hoping can resolve this issue.

 

 

Edited February 11, 20242 yr by phoenixdiigital

On 2/4/2024 at 9:12 PM, s1l3nce said:

New to unraid here.

I guess this card should work nicely with Unraid, right?
 

https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005005481527291.html

I'm asking because it seems to be too cheap and I'm not very confident on my purchase haha

It just arrived home and this is what I got. Is it the correct BIOS for good compatibility with UNRAID?

 

Edited February 11, 20242 yr by s1l3nce

10 hours ago, s1l3nce said:

Is it the correct BIOS for good compatibility with UNRAID?

It's fine, you don't even need a BIOS for use with Unraid, BIOS is mostly for boot support.

3 hours ago, JorgeB said:

It's fine, you don't even need a BIOS for use with Unraid, BIOS is mostly for boot support.

Excellent. Thanks!

I have á 10 port Sata controller, JMicron JMB585. Motherboard is Gigabyte Z370M D3H-CF. My onboard Sata controller is: Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH SATA controller [AHCI mode]

Details on the 10 port Sata is: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller (rev 02)

 

installed in my unraid, put one disk on it. Works fine, then I got new disks and when rebuilding the array my server always freezes, getting kinda nervous about this.

Any tips on another controller or something else I can do? 
I have tried to move all disks to the controller, changed all cables and more, my only conclusion is the problem is with this controller 

7 hours ago, russi said:

I have á 10 port Sata controller, JMicron JMB585

That controller has SATA port multipliers and is not recommended, see the 1st post for some alternatives. 

13 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

That controller has SATA port multipliers and is not recommended, see the 1st post for some alternatives. 

Ok, not sure how I can see that.

But lets see if I am understanding this correctly. If I use Sata Controller with JMicron JMB585 Chip I should focus on 5port version?

 

And thank you for quick reply 

Edited February 16, 20242 yr by russi

47 minutes ago, russi said:

If I use Sata Controller with JMicron JMB585 Chip I should focus on 5port version?

Correct, JMB585 is OK, your controller is a two port Asmedia chip likely with two JMB575 port multipliers, which is not the same as JMB585.

On 2/11/2024 at 11:12 PM, s1l3nce said:

It just arrived home and this is what I got. Is it the correct BIOS for good compatibility with UNRAID?

 

It's been working great so far 🙏

Alright. So here's where I'm at. 

I have a HP DL380Gen8 and a Promise Vtrak j830s expander. 

I grabbed this on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M9GRAUM, a LSI 9200-8E card. Had tons of NMI issues at POST when first installed. Flashed new firmware using this guide, and was able to get past boot. got Unraid to see the drive in the expander, but would have tons of NMI IOCKs, type 61 and 71 when writing to the drive. To test in a different machine, dropped the same card in a IBM System x3850, wasn't getting the NMI debug interrupts, but was getting lots of IO errors. Tested different drives, same result. 

 

At this point, I'm convinced it's the card, or at least the card type i'm using. 

 

Can anyone suggest a reliable external HBA that can be flashed to IT mode without making me want to rip my eyeballs out? As long as I can make a downstream connection over SFF-8088, i should be fine. Preferably, i'd like to go SFF-8088 on both ends, because that's what I have on hand, but i'm not above buying another cable/cable bundle in addition to a card. 

 

Or maybe I did something stupid, and someone can call me out on that, and then I can move it to a general help topic elsewhere, but right now, just looking for advice on a good card for the system i'm running. 

 

I'm burnt out lol. 

Would something like this be better a dell h200e pre flashed? Also only £35. Once tested with another card can then move onto further testing. Do you have another cable can test?

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225929041422?itmmeta=01HQ1RZ8D2P1CQEGHPCFMFSG5H&hash=item349a6b960e:g:euEAAOSwKNxlcgZP&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8G80u4vppl3Dig1huKIoc3jqOLVO%2BXGqxMvpvX7tGUejEs36VWG2u0hzYeRUzuv3RNJ5LBjFM9rT2X9HObMqQYqWpg0grzwCzItvN%2FhBmHB8dC6JlewpmvrUx4yDbvXqUW4QlZl%2F74ZB%2Fh67kNVHA%2BPHWL3Hi6NIbeDqxfiihs0Jf7JaNf%2FnBL404EwXr8nxbYra%2FKcbrB5LZlHmbjNhkkGiPeWm%2BHtEAc822iyPOZUchBXCInQSlXVDkLa4SWIlyTlhoYkOYsuvwnHb4zFebfxaUeQrJvxHNS33h3EpxRandZH5q%2FQfQrkeT2uSGJO6LQ%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR9KG_bi4Yw

Edited February 19, 20242 yr by dopeytree

8 hours ago, shawn0 said:

Can anyone suggest a reliable external HBA

Have you checked https://www.ebay.com/str/theartofserver ?

That's where I would go if I was in the US.

12 hours ago, shawn0 said:

Can anyone suggest a reliable external HBA that can be flashed to IT mode without making me want to rip my eyeballs out?

The 9200 is usually a good option, might just not be compatible with your server, maybe try the 9300-8e if possible.

I'm planing on building my Unraid temporarily with the following hardware until I can upgrade it to something better:
- Mobo: Asrock Z87 Extreme4

- CPU: i5-4670K

 

I'm going to use two NVME drives for my cache but this mobo does not have any m.2 ports. So my question is: could I use something like this? Or would it be incompatible or problematic with unraid? If you have a better recommendation, I'm all ears.

PS: I'm just watching this video on bifurcation right now because I think I need my mobo to be compatible with bifurcation. I don't know if it is but I'll find out.

This is in my Asrock Z87 Extreme4 manual

So I guess I could use both the PCIE2 and PCIE4 slots, right?

Edited February 23, 20242 yr by s1l3nce

6 hours ago, s1l3nce said:

So I guess I could use both the PCIE2 and PCIE4 slots, right?

Yes, with one NVMe device each. 

Just wondered has anyone got ASPM on a 12G card? My fujitsu card does not offer any ASPM (even if disabled) where as my old 6g sas2 card does offer L0s. See screenshot of sas2 card.

I know currently disabled but might try forcing it.